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Subject: Former baseball great Kirby Puckett has died of a stroke
Written By: nally on 03/06/06 at 9:26 pm
Kirby Puckett, who spent the majority of his career with the Minnesota Twins, has passed away. He was only 44 years old! :\'( :\'(
Details can be found here:
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/sports/article.adp?id=20060306201109990006&ncid=NWS00010000000001
R.I.P. Kirby
Subject: Re: Former baseball great Kirby Puckett has died of a stroke
Written By: whistledog on 03/06/06 at 10:45 pm
R.I.P. Kirby :\'(
He was a great baseball player. I still have some baseball cards of him Upper Deck '91 and '92
Subject: Re: Former baseball great Kirby Puckett has died of a stroke
Written By: Dagwood on 03/07/06 at 12:44 am
Damn. R.I.P Kirby. :(
Subject: Re: Former baseball great Kirby Puckett has died of a stroke
Written By: Sister Morphine on 03/07/06 at 12:48 am
What horrible news. He may not have had a great off the field life, but he didn't deserve to die so young.
Subject: Re: Former baseball great Kirby Puckett has died of a stroke
Written By: kellygoo72 on 03/07/06 at 2:30 am
:\'( :\'( R.I.P Kirby.. May God Bless u and ur Family.. I was a Minnesota sports fan for yrs and he always made me smile... He was AWESOME!!!!! There is one HUGE angel in heaven now.... :)
Subject: Re: Former baseball great Kirby Puckett has died of a stroke
Written By: Badfinger-fan on 03/07/06 at 4:25 am
Kirby Puckett was one of the best. I loved watching him play because he always played hard and gave it his all. I sometimes see major leaguers hit a pop fly or ground ball that you know is an out, and a lot of them just jog towards first and don't try hard, but he would still run hard and fast to first base and I admired his style and that approach to the game. The fireplug. God bless him and his family and friends. He'll be sorely missed.
Subject: Re: Former baseball great Kirby Puckett has died of a stroke
Written By: danootaandme on 03/07/06 at 7:13 am
This was so unexpected, he was way too young. :\'(
Subject: Re: Former baseball great Kirby Puckett has died of a stroke
Written By: La Sine Pesroh on 03/07/06 at 11:34 am
I was really shocked to hear about this last night. I remember following the '87 World Series closely, because I thought that it was cool that a team that had struggled so long had finally made it to the top, and I can remember how awesome Kirby Puckett was back then. Very sad. :(
Subject: Re: Former baseball great Kirby Puckett has died of a stroke
Written By: gmann on 03/07/06 at 12:18 pm
Kirby always seemed to be a nice guy who enjoyed playing the game. I remember his performance in the '91 World Series against Atlanta. He really surprised John Smoltz and company! :) I was a long-suffering Cleveland Indians fan, but even I could see what he meant to the Twins and baseball fans in that part of the world. He'll be missed...
Subject: Re: Former baseball great Kirby Puckett has died of a stroke
Written By: nally on 03/07/06 at 1:02 pm
For the record, he would have been 45 next Tuesday. Still, he was quite young. :\'(
I have quite a few of his baseball cards as well (mostly from Topps).
Subject: Re: Former baseball great Kirby Puckett has died of a stroke
Written By: Indy Gent on 03/07/06 at 2:18 pm
It's really a shame that Kirby didn't take better care of himself after he retired. Moving to Scottsdale in his condition was probably a mistake. I know how strokes can rob people of there lives and/or independence, since my mother succumbed to the same disease, although it took much longer for her. We'll all miss Kirby, no matter how one feels for the man. :\'(